# 1997 Nissan Altima Headache

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1997-nissan-altima-headache/36564>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** nissan, altima\
**Created:** [September 13, 2009, 3:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1997-nissan-altima-headache/36564 "2009-09-13T03:09:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![malecho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@malecho](https://community.cartalk.com/u/malecho)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 3:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1997-nissan-altima-headache/36564/1 "2009-09-13T03:09:46Z")

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My 97 Nissan Altima GXE has started to act strange. At times it is hard to keep it running. When you start it sometimes it runs fine but after 70 -90 miles it wants to stall out and run irregular/ choppy. When I get to a light the rpms will flutter between 600 and 900 and then stall out. It will start up again but I have to work to keep it running. Other times it runs smoothly I have had it into a reputable mechanic who has done all kinds of diagnostic/ cleaned out all the carbon/ checked sensors/ Cleaned Mass airflow monitor. I am not a mechanic and seek advice. Thanks